Author and artist David Roach is trying to identify the artists of a number of DC Thomson strips – and his renewed quest, highlighted on downthetubes, is already paying off thanks to social media, and an Argentinian artist’s connections with… Read More ›
Month: November 2019
In Review: DC Thomson revives “Spellbound” with a new digital collection
DC Thomson’s Heritage Comics department has been teasing some kind of release relating to the 1970s girls comic Spellbound on social media for a few weeks now, as previously reported – and has now released details of a digital collection of material, out in time for Halloween.
Meet Space Agent Buttocks, Space Hero (sort of) – and his creators!
Picking up on the despair of older downthetubes readers with fond memories of the action-packed adventure annuals they used to get for Christmas – sadly, it seems, now an ever distant memory, if you’ve checked our recently-published checklist – we’ve… Read More ›
The Joy of Audio – Delivering Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures Volume Three
As already revealed, B7 Media have announced plans to crowdfund a third volume of its critically-acclaimed Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures, coinciding with Eagle comic hero Dan Dare’s 70th anniversary in 2020. Here, producer Helen Quigley offers an insight into… Read More ›
In Review: Doctor Sleep
Review by Tim Robins Director: Mike Flanagan Staring: Ewan McGregor (Danny Torrance), Rebecca Ferguson (Rose the Hat), Alexandra Essoe (Wendy Torrance), Kyliegh Curran (Abra), Zahn McClarnon (Crow Daddy), Bruce Greenwood (Dr. John Dalton) and more Struggling with alcoholism, Dan Torrance… Read More ›
Mercer Gallery and Thought Bubble Festival team up for Hilda comic exhibition in Harrogate
Harrogate’s Mercer Gallery has partnered the Thought Bubble Festival to stage an exhibition of work by the creator of an award-winning comic character and Netflix series. The stories of Hilda, a young girl living in a Scandinavia populated by mythical… Read More ›
British Comics Mystery Artists – can you help identify them? (Reprise)
Last Saturday’s Comic Jam Symposium at London’s Cartoon Museum really got comics artist and author David Roach fired up to try and identify some of the last unknown British comic artists that have been nagging away at him for years
An evening with Comics Laureate Hannah Berry: gripping stories for our time…
Comics Laureate Hannah Berry will be in Lancaster next week, as a guest of Lancaster University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences talk series – a free event taking place at the Cavendish Colloquium on campus, that should prove an… Read More ›
Victorian escapologist Janus Stark returns in new collection!
Escapologist crime-fighter, Janus Stark, is back! The Treasury of British Comics has just announced a new special perfect-bound magazine, featuring the first adventures of the rubber-boned Victorian adventurer. “Behold, Janus Stark! Master of illusion, son of the unknown! No lock… Read More ›
WebFind: The Art of Ian Kennedy Official Site
Now open for business, veteran comic artist and illustrator Ian Kennedy – perhaps best known for his work on DC Thomson war comic Commando, but whose credits also encompass Dan Dare, other war comics strips and much more – has… Read More ›